DR. MARGO MACHIDA PRESENTS LECTURE ASIAN AMERICAN ART, ACTIVISM, AND THE TURN TO TRANSNATIONALISM
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

The Department of Art presents a lecture by renowned art historian, curator, cultural
critic, and artist Dr. Margo Machida (Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut)
titled Asian American Art, Activism, and the Turn to Transnationalism. Primarily drawing
examples from her experience in New York and San Francisco, Machida will examine how
Asian American frameworks for thinking about identity, identity politics, and arts
activism shifted between the 1960s and 1990s—and how the convergence of domestic activism,
accelerating migration, and transnational circulation shaped emergent artistic, critical
and curatorial practices. As this talk demonstrates, activism encompassed a wide range
of critical and expressive interventions that proceeded in different realms of civic
engagement and collective action simultaneously—in political protest movements, in
community arts groups, in artist collectives, in the academy, and in the art world.

Dr. Margo Machida is Professor Emerita of Art History and Asian American Studies at
the University of Connecticut. Born and raised in Hawai'i, she is a scholar, independent
curator, and cultural critic specializing in Asian American art and visual culture.
Her most recent book, Unsettled Visions: Contemporary Asian American Artists and the
Social Imaginary (Duke University Press, 2009) received the Cultural Studies Book
Award from the Association for Asian American Studies. She is co-editor of the volume
Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art (University of California
Press, 2003). Dr. Machida is an Associate Editor for the Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures
and the Americas journal (Brill). Recent publications include: "Trans-Pacific Sitings:
The Roving Imagery of Lynne Yamamoto" (Third Text, Spring 2014); "Devouring Hawai'i:
Food, Consumption, and Contemporary Art" in Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader
(New York University Press, 2013); and "Convergent Conversations – The Nexus of Asian
American Art" in A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

Dr. Machida has received numerous grants and fellowships including support from the
Smithsonian Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities.
She is co-organizer of the Diasporic Asian Art Network (DAAN) and the East Coast Asian
American Art Project (ECAAAP), and a founding member of the International Network
for Diasporic Asian Art Research (INDAAR). In 2009, she received the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the national Women's Caucus for Art.

GREELY MYATT, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SCULPTURE PROFESSOR, PRESENTS AN ARTIST TALK IN
CONJUNCTION WITH HIS DAVID LUSK EXHIBITION " MAKING MARKS"

Join David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, TN next Saturday, 16 September at 11:00 AM to
hear Greely Myatt discuss his current show Making Marks.

UofM’s Egyptian Institute, in co-operation with the Tennessee Chapter of the American
Research Center in Egypt, will Host Sept. 28th Lecture

“Sealings, Sherds, and Figurines: Reconstructing Settlement in the Ancient Egyptian
Precinct of Bat”

The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology, in co-operation with the Tennessee chapter
of the American Research Center in Egypt, will host the first annual IEAA Alumni Lecture
on Thursday, Sept. 28, in the University Center, room 340B. Dr. Jane A. Hill, of Rowan
University, will present at 7:00 p.m. A reception will precede the lecture, at 6:15
p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Pay parking is available in the
Innovation Garage (Lot 40), located next to the Fogelman Executive Center.

Jane A. Hill is a professor in anthropology at Rowan University, since 2012, and co-curator
of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU). Dr. Hill received her B.A.
in Journalism at the University of Mississippi. After working as a journalist, she
returned to graduate school at the University of Memphis where she earned her M.A.
in Anthropology in 1999, studying Pre-Columbian Mississippian cultures, followed by
a second M.A. in Art History and Egyptology from the Institute of Egyptian Art and
Archaeology at the University of Memphis in 2001. Dr. Hill completed her Ph.D. at
the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. Her research interests include the development
of writing in ancient Egypt's Pre-Dynastic and Early Dynastic periods and how it was
used as an administrative and symbolic tool. She has worked at numerous sites in Egypt,
including Giza, Abydos, and Saqqara, and el-Amra.

Dr. Hill will present on the results of her archaeological work at the Pre-Dynastic
cemetery site of el-Amra, in the Upper Egyptian precinct known in antiquity as Bat.
Her research has revealed late Pre-Dynastic settlement and production areas in the
low desert, near the main cemetery. Analysis of surface finds in these areas suggests
that the settlement was a focal point for both interregional trade and cultic activity.
Combined analysis of satellite imagery, magnetometry survey, and GIS data brings the
functions of different areas of the settlement into focus and offers us the opportunity
to reconstruct a late Pre-Dynastic cultic center.

MFA Graduate: Amelia Briggs at Red Arrow Gallery

"In both drawings and paintings, Briggs notes the nature of the line work, their edges
at once familiar and yet lurking at the edges of the indecipherable. They speak to
ideas of identity formation and transformation, as notations locked in the moment
of struggle to define themselves." -Megan Kelley in Nashville Arts Magazine

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Golden Mummies Exhibit

Amanda Tutor, art teacher in Bartlett and Oaks elementary, asked if someone could
come out and speak to her 3rd graders about ancient Egypt. They are studying ancient
Egypt and she had an art project for them on the same subject.

February 9th, Dana McKelvy went out and gave an "absolutely wonderful" presentation
on ancient Egypt that really fired the teacher's and students' imaginations.

The students worked in groups over an extended period to create the six golden mummies
(you'll know what I mean when you see them). Originally there were 7, but apparently
a marauding group of kindergarteners damaged one of the pictures beyond repair. Who
knew?

The fruits of this project are on display in the 2nd floor hallway in ACB. A reception
for the families will be held in ACB on Saturday, May 6, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. Light
refreshments will be served.

The teacher (Amanda) did an informational panel that goes with the artwork – including
QR codes which attach to brief animated videos – which might have some useful information
for the posting.

NEDtalks at Ned R. McWherter Library

Join us at Ned R. McWherter Library for NEDtalks, a two-day short-form symposium.
Speakers will share their recent research in short presentations designed to engage
and entertain. Refreshments will be provided.

NEDtalks is presented in conjunction with Faculty Scholarship Week Exhibition. Please
visit the McWherter Library rotunda to view additional scholarship from UofM faculty. The exhibition will be
on display beginning at noon on Monday, April 17. Learn more here.

The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting
more than 40,000 entries every year from local ad club competitions. The mission of
the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward the creative
spirit of excellence in the art of advertising. It is a three tiered creative competition
where winners receive gold and/or silver ADDY awards.- From the AAF website.

My magazine ad campaign History Speaks Here won a Gold ADDY in the AAF Memphis (local club) competition. Gold awards automatically move on to the next tier of judging
which for Tennessee is District 7. District 7 of the American Advertising Federation
represents 20 affiliate advertising clubs and federations of the American Advertising
Federation (AAF) in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. and it
went on to District 7 judging and won a Silver ADDY award in that competition. Silver awards can be manually forwarded onto the national
level for judging, and History Speaks Here is currently en route for a national award.

Recently, I was selected to present my art history research on an ancient Egyptian
tomb (KV 57, The Royal Tomb of Horemhub) at NCUR on April 8. My research on the tomb
had to do with the overwhelmingly incomplete state of the tomb that allowed the viewer
to see the actual process of creating tomb decoration. Hence the title of my presentation,
"The Art of Process." I found this concept to be especially attractive as an artist
myself, and found it to be a method of connecting back with creative minds from ages
ago.

Art Education Graduate & Undergraduate Students Teach at the Community Art Academy

The 2017 Community Art Academy celebration was held on April 5 in the gallery at the
Memphis Public Library. Graduate and Undergraduate art education majors taught art
lessons to participants during the spring semester. All completed projects are on
display for the month of April in the library's gallery.For more information about art education please contact Dr. Bryna Bobick.

Beth Edwards: encounters

April 9 - July 16, 2017

Memphis artist Beth Edwards approaches her varied subjects as a still life painter
in the realist tradition. Her early works focused on vintage character toys, seen
alone in retro environments, with nature assuming a minor role. Over time, the natural
world became pronounced, as magnified floral subjects took center stage. For Edwards,
these recent works celebrate nature but also serve as poetic meditations on the transience
of life.

Artist Gallery Walk

2 p.m., Sunday, April 9Grisham Gallery

Reception following in the Richard and Roper Room Hosted by the Huntsville Museum
Foundation Board.

By Jody Stokes-Casey

I am thrilled my essay "Richard Lou's ReCovering Memphis: Conceptual Iconoclasm of
the Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument" is published in the Winter 2016 volume of Tennessee
Historical Quarterly. This essay is an extension of a paper I wrote in my last semester
of coursework at the University of Memphis while completing a Master of Art in art
history.

The original paper was drafted as a final project for the course ARTH 7140 Graduate
Problems: Renaissance Iconoclasm taught by Dr. Todd Richardson in the fall of 2013;
a time when heated debates surrounded the renaming of parks in Memphis whose identities
were overshadowed by Confederate soldiers namesakes. I was also taking an independent
study with our Art Department chair, Richard Lou, whose performance and photography
artwork surrounding the contested Nathan Bedford Forrest monument proved a fascinating
way to explore the topic of iconoclasm in contemporary, local art. Dr. Earnestine
Jenkins recommended I submit the paper to be published with the Tennessee Historical
Quarterly. After an extended editing, researching, and writing session, the essay
is published!

Artist creates work of art from closed Planned Parenthood signage

A provocative poster with the U.S. Capitol superimposed over a female's lower torso
was among signs carried during the Women's March in Washington D.C., as well as marches
in Milwaukee, Madison and elsewhere. Commissioned by activist Megan Holbrook, the
"Tear Us Down, We Rise" poster was designed by local artist Niki Johnson and Christian
Westphal. It was based on a work Johnson spent years creating — "Hills & Valleys"
— as a response to the loss of reproductive rights and access to health care in Wisconsin.

When Johnson learned in 2013 that Wisconsin Planned Parenthood health care centers
were closing due to defunding by Gov. Scott Walker and GOP legislators, she arranged
to collect their signage. She gathered metal signs from six defunct health centers.

MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONDESMOND LEWIS: HEAVY-LADEN

Featuring the work of Desmond Lewis, the MFA thesis exhibition Heavy-Laden explores the relationship between the often-overlooked industrial contributions of
African Americans in the construction of the United States over time and considers
the metaphorical characteristics of the materials used.

The contribution of African American labor to industrial America is often hidden beneath
the layers of racist ideologies that have propelled the United States to its superpower
status. The work in the exhibition carves away at this pristine façade to expose the
roughness and intricacies that the hands of African American labor had and still have
in constructing the nation's infrastructure.

Lewis's work is driven by the interpersonal relationship he has with steel and concrete—a
physicality and commitment echoed in his everyday experience living in the United
States as an African American man. Comprised of carved concrete and forged and fabricated
steel sculptures, the exhibition occupies the gallery but also includes a large-scale
outdoor piece as well as public work in the Orange Mound community.

This exhibition is supported through the generosity of West Memphis Steel, Orange
Mound Gallery, Razorback Concrete, Williams Equipment and Supply, MCR Safety, and
Tennessee Sling Center.

"Who Do You Trust" art exhibit to be displayed at Luther College

Article by The Decorah Newspapers

"Who Do You Trust," an art exhibit featuring the work of Jed Jackson, will be on display
from Feb. 3 to March 15 in Luther College's Preus Library. The exhibit is open to
the public with no charge for admission.

This year's Paideia Texts and Issues theme, "Who Do You Trust," was developed by the
Paideia Endowment Governing Board, the Religion department and the Visual and Performing
Arts department. Drawing from a wide variety of texts from the arts, sciences and
humanities, the series attempts to facilitate discussions of personal and institutional
trust. Who or what are people predisposed to trust? Is trust a fundamental element
of character, community or culture? What are the results of mistrust or betrayal?...

Crosstown Concourse co-founder named Communicator of the Year

Article by Memphis Business Journal

The voice behind the movement to rehabilitate the 1.5-million-square-foot Sears Crosstown
building into a thriving vertical urban village is being recognized as the 2016 Communicator
of the Year.

Todd Richardson, an associate professor at the University of Memphis, co-founder of
Crosstown Arts and managing director of Crosstown Concourse, was selected as the Memphis
Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) 2016 Communicator of the
Year.

Munch and Learn: Berthe Morisot, First Lady of Impressionism

January 25, 2017

Wednesdays, 12 pm to 1 pm

Dr. Pamela Gerrish Nunn, HohenbergChair of Excellence in Art History, University of
Memphis.

This brown-bag lecture series features local artists, experts and the Dixon Gallery
and Gardens staff sharing their expertise on a variety of topics. Free for members
and students with ID. For more information go to Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

The theme for the exhibition is "Tolerance through Art Education." Each alumnus must
submit one recent work of art, and two students' works (one male and one female).
The artwork must convey the idea of tolerance. Student work may or may not show a
relationship to their Art Teacher's work. Please make sure the works of art submitted
are ready to hang and are constructed to withstand being hung.

Art Review: "Say What?" Greely Myatt at Sandler Hudson Gallery

Art is a form of communication. The visual language of pictures and symbols spans
cultures and breaches the boundaries of speech. Viewers personify it by asking: What
does it mean? What is the art saying? The sculptures in Greely Myatt's show, "Maybe
I Can Paint Over That," at Sandler Hudson Gallery depict these articulations and audience-art
conversations.

The symbols Myatt creates out of cut wood and bent steel are ubiquitous icons that
have been used, in different iterations, for over 1,400 years. Thought and speech
bubbles were in use as far back as 600 A.D. in Mesoamerican art, appearing in the
form of scrolls streaming from the speaker's mouth. Over the years, these visual representations
of speech have taken the form of scrolls, balloons, and bubbles in illuminated manuscripts
in the Middle Ages, political cartoons during the Revolutionary War, the first-known
newspaper comic cartoon Yellow Kid in the late 1800s and the golden age of comic books
that followed in the decades after, then again when Pop artists adopted the visual
language of comics. Myatt's free-floating speech and thought bubbles mimic a Pop art
sensibility, but in a way that translates the symbol into the language of our current
era, where it has been recast in technological correspondence and advertisements.
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